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Comparing Work-Life Balance in Spanish and Latin-American Countries
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Carlier, Sandra Idrovo; Llorente, Consuelo Leon; Grau, Marc Grau – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to determine the level of awareness and implementation of family-responsible parameters: policies, enablers, practices, and culture, in Spanish and Latin-American companies, and how they impact work-life balance. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses data from different national IESE's Family-Responsible Employer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Work Relationship, Public Sector, Comparative Analysis
Caring as a Managerial Strategy
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Kroth, Michael; Keeler, Carolyn – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
The purpose of this article is to broaden the discourse about caring as a managerial strategy by describing caring from three perspectives: nursing, education, and management. The authors suggest that current organizational models inadequately address the caring connection between manager and employee. Definitions of managerial caring and care…
Descriptors: Models, Caring, Labor Force Development, Administration
Management of Workplace Change in the Australian Higher Education Sector: A Study of Employee Involvement Provisions in Workplace Agreements
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Weller, Stephen; Van Gramberg, Bernadine – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2007
Involvement of employees and unions in workplace decision-making has a long history in Australian industrial relations. The mechanism for employee involvement in workplace change was originally set out in the Termination Change and Redundancy (TCR) clause in Australian awards in 1984. It continues to operate under Enterprise Bargaining Agreements…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, Collegiality, Foreign Countries
Personnel Policies Forum. Survey No. 83; Effective Utilization of Manpower.
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Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to discover what private companies are doing in the field of manpower utilization. Aspects of the subject covered by this survey are manpower audit, motivation, temporary help, handling of job changes, and the union's effect on manpower utilization. Sixty-five percent of the participating companies employ 1,000 or…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Union-Management Relations in a School District
Sampson, Howard L. – School Business Affairs, 1977
Points out some of the more commonly overlooked opportunities that the collective bargaining relationship offers for attaining the organization's goals. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Administration, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Marxism: The Relationship to Today's Work and Training.
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Decker, Carol A. – 1995
As society becomes more accepting of unfamiliar cultures, Marxism must be reexamined for its relationship to current management styles and its potential worth in training and the work environment. The educational method of Marxism emphasizes discussion over lecture. Marxism proposes that general education is the key to having a classless society.…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Career Development, Employer Employee Relationship
Continuous Learning within Japanese Organizations.
Saint, Avice – 1982
This report describes what Japanese organizations have been and are doing to develop their human resources to achieve a high degree of individual and organizational effectiveness and productivity. The first part presents case studies of 16 organizations--both private industry and government--based on interviews conducted in September 1981 in…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Case Studies
A Practical Guide to Employing the Low-Skilled, Disadvantaged Worker. Supplementary Report.
Rogers, David J.; Silverstein, Charles – 1973
The report supplements the YMCA Manpower Project final report (PB-221 304). The final report discussed problems encountered in seeking company involvement, and problems and recommendations evolving from in-company activities; this guide is intended as a handbook for company personnel and government agencies that are interested in improving the…
Descriptors: Administration, Disadvantaged, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Qualifications